Dave Eggers has championed the cause of the short story so magnificently that through his own McSweeney's magazine and through its many imitators the form is once again in the ascendant.
Mio Dio, questo e un paradiso pensa Mae Holland un assolato lunedi di giugno quando fa il suo ingresso al Cerchio. Mai avrebbe pensato di lavorare in un posto simile: la piu influente azienda al mondo nella gestione di informazioni web.
Quand Mae Holland est embauchée par le Cercle, elle n'en revient pas. Installé sur un campus californien, ce fournisseur d'acces Internet relie les mails personnels, les réseaux sociaux,...
From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war.
Avec les meilleures intentions du monde, Alan Clay a participé a la faillite de quelques belles entreprises industrielles américaines. Devenu consultant, il a accepté une mission de premier plan, qui pourrait sauver l’honneur de l’économie nationale...
Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety - for a time.
Will and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give the money away. They can't really say why they're doing it, just that it needs to be done.
In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave.
When thirty-four-year-old ex-war veteran Jack Armstrong is told he has only weeks to live, his first concern is for his beloved wife Lizzie, and their children: baby Jackie, twelve-year-old would-be actor Cory and rebellious teenage daughter Mikki.
A 50 ans, Bernard se voyait bien parti pour mener la meme vie tranquille jusqu'a la fin de ses jours. Mais parfois l'existence réserve des surprises...
En Bretagne, un bibliothécaire recueille tous les livres refusés par les éditeurs. Parmi ces manuscrits, une jeune éditrice découvre une pépite écrite par un certain Henri Pick.
Apres le déces de son grand-pere, le narrateur réalise l'importance de préserver les instants vécus avec ses proches.Il se rapproche alors de sa grand-mere. Ce roman est le pretexte a une méditation sur le temps, la mémoire, les liens entre générations.
A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time.
In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.